Linton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL5646).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2716).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish near Bromyard, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6753).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6525).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7550).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ2691).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district; also known as Linton-in-Craven (OS grid ref SD9962).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village in Collingham parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3847).
A placename: A hamlet north of Morebattle, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7726).
A placename: A town in the Shire of Pyrenees and the Golden Plains Shire, central western Victoria, Australia.
A placename: A rural locality and military camp south of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Georgia.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Greene County, Indiana.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A small city, the county seat of Emmons County, North Dakota.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
A placename: A place in Canada: A hamlet in King township, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
A placename: A place in Canada: A hamlet in Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Capitale-Nationale region, Quebec.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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